Editing Knitting (section)

===Edges and joins between fabrics===
The initial and final edges of a knitted fabric are known as the ''[[casting on (knitting)|cast-on]]'' and ''[[binding off (knitting)|bound/cast-off]]'' edges.  The side edges are known as the ''[[selvage (knitting)|selvages]]''; the word derives from "self-edges", meaning that the stitches do not need to be secured by anything else.  Many types of selvages have been developed, with different elastic and ornamental properties.

Vertical and horizontal edges can be introduced within a knitted fabric, e.g., for button holes, by binding/casting off and re-casting on again (horizontal) or by knitting the fabrics on either side of a vertical edge separately.

Two knitted fabrics can be joined by embroidery-based [[grafting (knitting)|grafting]] methods, most commonly the Kitchener stitch.  New wales can be begun from any of the edges of a knitted fabric; this is known as [[pick up stitches (knitting)|picking up stitches]] and is the basis for [[entrelac]], in which the wales run perpendicular to one another in a checkerboard pattern.

[[Image:Knitcable.jpg|thumb|Illustration of [[cable knitting]].  The central braid is formed from 2x2 ribbing in which the background is formed of purl stitches and the cables are each two wales of knit stitches.  By changing the order in which the stitches are knit, the wales can be made to cross.]]